The Book of Lost Tales: Part One

The Book of Lost Tales: Part One

The Book of Lost Tales contains the first forms of the myths that came to be called The Silmarillion. These include early accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs, and Orcs; of the geography and cosmography of their invented world, J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Includes Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Also includes commentary and poems associated with each tale.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Boston : Houghton Mifflin

1984

edited by Christopher Tolkien

Series: Tolkien, Christopher. History of Middle-Earth ; 1

v. 1. The cottage of lost play -- The music of the Ainur -- The coming of the Valar and the building of Valinor -- The chaining of Melko -- The coming of the elves and the making of Kôr -- The theft of Melko and the darkening of Valinor -- The flight of the Noldoli -- The tale of the sun and moon -- The hiding of Valinor -- Gilfanon's tale : the travail of the Noldoli and the coming of mankind

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